The Surfer

In the Age , Peter Hanlon concocts a new recipe for Matthew Hayden’s next cookbook: Spinner Curry.

Spinner curry

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

'It's a pity that umpire referrals will not be used in this series'

Sunil Gavaskar, writing in dreamcricket.com , feels it is unfortunate that the umpire referral system will not be used in the India-Australia Test series

The changing of guard is a fascinating spectacle, whether at the Buckingham Palace or on the sports field, writes Suresh Menon in his blog on espnstar.com .

The changing of guard

Tony Becca, writing on Sports Jamaica , lauds the ICC's decision to disallow the practice of players using "comfort breaks" during matches.

It's a team of XI, not XIV

In the Age , Chloe Saltau writes that the Australian under the most pressure in India is not Ricky Ponting or Jason Krejza or Mitchell Johnson

Selectors in a spin

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Giles Clarke keen to extend reign

Giles Clarke reflects on his first year in office as chairman of the ECB

Boria Majumdar, writing in espnstar.com , tracks the evolution of Indo-Australian cricketing relations since Indian-born KS Ranjitsinhji’s successful tour of Australia as a part of the England team in 1897-98

The growing importance of India-Australia cricket

If coaches are held accountable for a team's performance, then perhaps they should be the ones appointing the selectors who choose the team, writes Daryll Cullinan in the Weekender .

Let the coach pick the selectors

Anil Kumble recently rubbished reports that seniors in the Indian side are being forced into retirement by the BCCI and the selectors

'I can't put a date on calling it quits'

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Changing the guard

We have been down this road before, thinking wishfully, ignoring history and hoping against all the evidence that Australia's domination of international cricket is nearly over

Justin Guillen's distinguished cricketing lineage

Cricket administration lacks professionalism

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

'I'm mad to get back into the England team'

The second season of the Indian Premier League is to start in April 2009, a good seven months away, so it is hard to understand the need for the Deccan Chargers to announce that VVS Laxman was stripped of the captaincy and it was going to be Adam

Laxman's ouster badly timed

So would it be fair to say that India begin as strong favourites at home all over again

India will start favourites

Peter Siddle's inclusion to Australia's Test squad to play four matches in India has given Victoria reason to believe more cricketers can emerge from that state, reports Lyall Johnson in the Age

Siddle's call-up a sign of a new direction for Victorian cricket

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Too old to rock ‘n’ roll?

While comparing sporting icons to rock stars, Ayaz Memon says time runs out on sportspersons much quicker, a challenge facing India's veterans at the moment

Peter Roebuck, writing in the Hindu , feels that phasing out the old guard is a difficult process, particularly in the case of the current Indian middle order

The fine line between experience and experiment

Mtutuzeli Nyoka cannot be serious … an olive branch to Zimbabwe’s Peter Chingoka

South Africa should not let Zimbabwe back in